GIRLS LEARN INTERNATIONAL!!!

I'm always so inspired and delighted when I come across (or at this point I'm just sent links to organizations like this) that are all about helping to empower women and girls. There have been so many that have been just popping up left and right especially in the past few years, and it's so amazing to see. There can never be too many organizations dedicated to the further advancement of women and girl's rights. It reminds me why I'm so drawn to this type of work. Women and girls have always given me something that men and boys haven't been able to: Hope.

"The right to a free and compulsory primary education without discrimination is recognized as a fundamental human right, yet millions of girls around the world do not have access to education. Uneducated girls are at greater risk of being forced into early marriage, relegated to a life of missed opportunities and often subjected to violence. Through Girls Learn International (GLI), high school and middle school students in the U.S. are leading a movement to ensure every girl has access to a quality education. Join us." ~ Feminist Majority Foundation

"In 2011, we began leading an exciting new empowerment and equality program for high school and middle school students called Girls Learn International (GLI). We now have over 100 GLI chapters in 22 states. Never have our challenges – and opportunities – been greater. We are determined that extremists here or abroad will not take away the dream of equality for women and girls."

 http://girlslearn.net